Articles about Video Games – Page 10 of 18

Indie gamers unite: An inside look at the Seattle Indies meetup

More than 50 developers from Seattle’s independent video game scene gathered this week to network and show off their latest… Read More

Watch: Jimmy Fallon, self-proclaimed gamer, plays poorly on PS4

Ah, the perks of being a late night TV host. On his show Thursday night, Jimmy Fallon got a chance… Read More

Sony teaches us how to unveil a console without actually showing it

Sony’s huge, hyped-up PS4 event in New York City concluded Wednesday evening after two hours of dazzling gameplay, awesome features… Read More

Nintendo wants WiiU.com domain, files cybersquatting complaint

The latest sales numbers of Nintendo’s Wii U are not good, so maybe a new website at WiiU.com can help the… Read More

Big Fish CEO Paul Thelen: ‘I’m an idea guy and that can be dangerous as a CEO’

Big Fish founder Paul Thelen didn’t think he’d become a technology CEO. But after an illness brought his life into… Read More

Valve launches Steam for Linux with big sale

After nearly two months in beta mode, Valve has released Steam for Linux. You can get the Steam client from the… Read More

Ouch: Nintendo sold just 57,000 Wii U’s in January, report says

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told Reuters last month that the sales of the Wii U, which debuted Nov. 18, were “not bad.”… Read More

Student-developed DigiPen games selected as finalists at Independent Games Festival

There’s some serious talent coming out of Redmond’s DigiPen Institute of Technology and recent nominations for the Independent Games Festival confirms… Read More

Report: Valve letting go of several employees as part of “great cleansing”

Valve hardware engineer Jeri Ellsworth made news this week when she tweeted that she had been fired, and now it looks like… Read More

Check out Gabe Newell’s insane knife collection

Apparently, Gabe Newell likes to collect knives. Sam Hulick, an award-winning composer for video games, Tweeted out this photo a few days… Read More

It’s official: PlayStation is back atop the console market

PlayStation is once again the king of the worldwide console market. Sony’s latest earnings report, issued Feb. 7, shows unit… Read More

Consumers spent $14.8B on video game content in 2012, down 9 percent from last year

Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital… Read More

PopCap debuts first social hidden object game on Facebook with Hidden Agenda

Seattle-based PopCap Games is back with another game featuring anthropomorphic animals, and this time it’s all about solving mysteries. Hidden… Read More

Name that Tech Tune: Win tickets to the GeekWire Bash

Updated below with answer and winner … Longtime listeners to the GeekWire radio show and podcast may have noticed that… Read More

Gas Powered CEO Chris Taylor: “We’ve regrouped and are focused on winning”

We’ve been writing about how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go of his entire staff due to the… Read More

17-BIT’s new ‘Skulls of the Shogun’ bridges Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox 360

More than three years in the making, the new Skulls of the Shogun video game from Seattle-based indie game developer… Read More

Struggling Nintendo sells 3 million Wii U consoles, lowers forecasts again

Nintendo’s quarterly numbers are out and the company managed to sell 3.06 million Wii U consoles worldwide during the holiday… Read More

Gas Powered CEO Chris Taylor pessimistic about Kickstarter outcome

Last week, we reported on the odd story of how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go… Read More

Report: Chinese government could lift 12-year-old ban on video game hardware

Execs at Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and maybe even Valve are licking their chops this morning at the latest news from… Read More

Xbox 360 ‘Kinect Effect’ fades as console market declines

A little more than a year ago, in the fall of 2011, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 business was basking in the… Read More

Gas Powered CEO lays off employees, then nearly breaks down when asking for more money on Kickstarter

Chris Taylor, CEO of Redmond-based Gas Powered Games, starts this video on Kickstarter off like this: “This is the wackiest… Read More

Amazon’s e-commerce engine expanding to Mac, Windows and web games

Amazon is pushing further into the world of video games with a new in-app purchasing service for games on Windows… Read More

Xbox 360 wins holiday season in U.S., marks two straight years atop market

The Xbox 360 is champ once again. Microsoft’s console was the best-selling console in the United States last month, marking… Read More

Q&A: Double Down CEO Greg Enell on growth, games, money and Facebook

Double Down Interactive, the Seattle-based maker of casino-style social games, started the year by announcing its acquisition by gambling technology… Read More

Wii U posts big first week, but Xbox 360 is still champ for now

Xbox 360 was the top-selling game console in the U.S. for November, kicking off the critical holiday shopping season with… Read More

Video games analyst: “Consumers are starved for new titles”

Game developers, take notice. Right now might be a perfect time to unveil that new game you’ve been working on… Read More

Steam’s Big Picture out of beta and into your living room

After nearly three months in beta mode, Steam is making its free “Big Picture” mode available to public, giving PC gamers a new… Read More

Hulu home to movies, TV shows and now video games

Hulu is known for its TV shows, movies and other related video. Now, they’re venturing into the video game space.… Read More

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Gabe: Valve founder inducted to Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

The Hall of Fame. Whether it’s baseball, cars or rock-n-roll, the Hall is synonymous as a place for the people who… Read More

Valve’s Gabe Newell: Three beta controllers, new game engine in the works

Here’s one way to get Gabe Newell talking about Valve’s latest creations: Go wish him happy birthday. That’s what a… Read More